DarthSkywalker
Your Most Aggro Pal (he/him)
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I did like that cast. That is the best thing I can say about it.
Oh, what is that for you FC?I found New Mutants...watchable. Not the worst of the Fox-men films, at least.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Not to be confused with THE Wolverine, which I unabashedly love. I might also dislike The Last Stand more than New Mutants as well, but I'd have to rewatch it to be sure. And I don't wanna.Oh, what is that for you FC?
I get a lot of laughs out of Origins, but it is pretty terrible. The two I like watching the least are Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix. Can't get through them. I love the first two acts of The Wolverine.X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Not to be confused with THE Wolverine, which I unabashedly love. I might also dislike The Last Stand more than New Mutants as well, but I'd have to rewatch it to be sure. And I don't wanna.
I don't like the crazier elements of the last act, but it is the ninja fight that lets me down. Right before that, the film had one of my favorite action scenes in any movie really, and then they just play it like a a different flick for the rest of it.I’ll second The Wolverine love. The last act needed to be toned down, but otherwise I think it’s one of my favourite CBMs.
The fact that Mangold didn’t get to do an X-23 film with Dafne Keen irks me to no end....but I’m glad he’s directing Indy 5.
I think the problem Mackie is having is that the parts that would allow him to shine are also the parts that the show doesn't seem to want to focus on. There are a lot of pieces to this story that aren't really meshing that well for me. Drop Zemo. Drop Flag Smasher. Drop Sharon Carter. Drop Power Broker. Focus on the issue of his family and nuCap and Isiah Bradley, Mackie would probably be doing amazing. For a show called Falcon and Winter Soldier, he doesn't feel like he is one of the headliners.
Love The Wolverine....until Silver Samurai comes in. I love me some goofy comic book stuff, but that was a type of goofy that clashed with the rest of the film. Completely takes me out of the movie. I love it basically until then.
Yeah it's just pretty meh and forgettable. Not sure I'd ever really watch it again since it's easily skippable if you're doing a X-Men marathon but it's not the worst of the Fox movies. Just sucks they went out on a whimper like that.I found New Mutants...watchable. Not the worst of the Fox-men films, at least.
Shazam is definitely more entertaining.
I can't help but to think John Walker's Captain America is Snyder interpretation only written with a little bit more depth.
The Boys I have not watched so I freely admit to blind judgment, but from what I know about it, it doesn't feel like it's for me.
Low bar. Though really, I've not heard anything bad about Shazam.
For me, while I would never watch the thing ( I have zero interest in a pitch dark iron age parody of superheroics, and yes I am specifically rejecting the usage of the word 'deconstruction' here ), I do find one thing hilarious about it. Specifically, its a TV show all about revealing how the world famous beloved superhero team is actually full of awful people, their heroism lies, and their leader especially being a complete monster, with the only hope coming from the courage if ruthless efforts of normal humans fighting the good fight against superpowered tyranny. And its a show produced by a giant global megacorporation with its hands in everything, run by a bald billionaire with a penchant for cutting edge technology including space travel.
Which is to say, The Boys is inadvertently the best example of "What would anti-Justice League propaganda produced by Lex Luther" look like. *eg*
Shazam is perfection.